Here you can find all the book reviews in alphabetical order.
Books A-Z
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F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat
Osprey Publishing2014English
97 pg.978-1-78200-347-2Review written by: Pedro Blas GonzalezReview F-111 & EF-111 Units in Combat- Peter E. Davies The F-111 Aardvark was designed to substitute the Republic F-105 Thunderchief. The General Dynamics aircraft became operational in the U.S. Air Force in July 1967. Depending on who you talk to, the F-111 was either a great airplane or something of a nuisance. From the […]
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Bloody Sixteen- The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War
Potomac Books, Inc.2018English
416 pg.ISBN-10: 161234979X ISBN-13: 978-1612349794Review written by: Max Heldring218th review Bloody Sixteen The USS Oriskany and Air Wing 16 during the Vietnam War – Peter Frey ALSO IN ADIOBOOK VERSION!!! Much is published about the Vietnam War between the USA and North-Vietnam especially about the ground offensives and the enormous lost of human lives on American side. This book is solely dedicated to […]
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The Learjet History: Beginnings, Innovations and Utilization
Springer2022English
389 pg.ISBN-10 : 303106030X ISBN-13 : 978-3031060304Review written by: Max HeldringThis book is a monument for the Learjet and Bill Lear written with an unbelievable amount of technical information supported by visual printed content, drawings of modifications and a great amount of photographs. A must for every LJ pilot or business pilot and their worldwide users. The authors must have worked on this for years because all technicalities are well researched and detailed described. I am sure competition must have acquired this book also. The company delivered the last Learjet in May 2021 having produced 3056 models.
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Swiss Tiger Parallel Flight
Goatworks & Teammedia GmbH2017Both English and German text
160 pg.978-3-9524649-1-5Review written by: Simon JakubowskiAfter being fortunate enough to read Peter’s last book ‘Amir’ I admit to being quite the fan of this authors work and Swiss Tiger’s arrival today only strengthened that adoration! We’ve seen teaser pictures via social media for some time now and If you liked them then the actual images in the book will blow […]
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U.S. Navy and Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk Units of the Vietnam War
Osprey Publishing2007English
112 pg.978-1-84603-181-6Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez205th Review U.S. Navy and Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk Units of the Vietnam War- Peter Mersky It is easy for aviation enthusiasts to appreciate any or most books written about aviation history. This is because any new work that sheds attention on aviation’s yesteryear and its current development is enough to excite their curiosity. For […]
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RF-8 Crusader Units over Cuba and Vietnam
Osprey Publishing2010English
98 pg.978-1-85532-782-5Review written by: Pedro Blas Gonzalez210th Review RF-8 Crusader Units over Cuba and Vietnam- Peter Mersky Growing up in the late ‘60s, in the jet age, I was always dazzled by the aerodynamic and streamlined beauty of jet airplanes, both commercial and military. The Vought RF-8 Crusader intrigued me, for the first thing any young boy noticed about that aircraft […]
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COMMANDING FAR EASTERN SKIES: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AIR SUPERIORITY CAMPAIGN IN INDIA, BURMA AND MALAYA 1941–1945
Helion and Company2018English
320 pg.ISBN-10: 1910294446 ISBN-13: 978-1910294444Review written by: Joris Gonggrijp‘Ten there was this book ‘COMMANDING FAR EASTERN SKIES’! The RAF-campaign for air supremacy above the border between India and Burma and unrolling eastward after that, is the topic of this study. Across the Indian border this succeeded, from September 1943 onwards, after the deploy of Spitfires The eastward –above Burma and later Malakka- unrolling […]
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Station 115 Shipdham
Fonthill Media Limited2017English
176 pg.978 1 78155 495 1Review written by: Max HeldringStation 115 is the story of an U.S.A.A.F. base in Norfolk U.K. in the second world war. Not a story about heroes in the skies but about the people that kept the planes flying and the organisation behind it running. It was a type A airfield that housed the 44th Bombardment Group flying the Liberator B-24 […]
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The Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War
Pen & Sword Books2015English
376 pg.9781473828193Review written by: Joris GonggrijpThe introduction of this book about the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) fills seven lines and states that this book is based on original documents regarding the operations of the RNAS in WW I. They could have added ‘and an abundance of pictures that accompanied them). The book, with nicely designed hard cover, is primarily […]
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Naval Aviation in the Second World War
Pen & Sword Books2013English
144 pg.After reading the first two chapters of Philip Kaplan’s book about Pearl Harbour and the development of the early aircraft carriers he is the one to blame for my continuous hunt of YouTube clips about the ‘War in the Pacific’. I watched 15 clips of 45 minutes in line and was totally addicted. Notwithstanding the […]